July's here, and that means that the competition season is over. If you have missed them, you can always view the photos of the competitions at http://astronomy.sg/gallery. Photos from Astrigue, AstroFest and the recent AstroChallenge are all up! For those who were present, exciting, weren't they?

Perhaps the Shell Astro Challenge is also worth the mention, being an entirely new competition to the community. Organised by Science Centre Singapore, the Shell Astro Challenge recorded 12,393 people viewing through telescopes across 14 schools for the event. Christ Church Secondary emerged the Champions in both prize categories of the competition. All participating schools will receive a Galileoscope telescope as a token during the upcoming prize presentation ceremony.

Still, in conjunction with the International Year of Astronomy, there is one more competition - the Moon Photo Competition. Jointly organised by The Astronomical Society of Singapore (TASOS) and the Singapore Science Centre, there are a total of $6,800 worth of prizes to be won! There are 4 categories for the competition - no prizes for guessing which: Crescent Moon, Quarter Moon, Gibbous Moon and Full Moon. (Incidentally, how many of you guessed New Moon as one of the categories?) Anyway, for more details, please visit http://astronomy.sg/archives/336.

I suppose there are fewer events in July than previous months, but that should be taken as a sign that we should organise more! Or for some of us, we could take this opportunity to look back at we has happened, and reflect and improve on them. Whatever it is, we will work for the betterment of astronomy in Singapore.

Cheers!
Rong'en and Derek

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